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From: Tom Morgan <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Issue of Commemorative Plaques
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 00:05:19 +0000
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In article <008901c04771$7ca8fce0$>, Grant Jones
<> writes
>HI Tom,
>
> What would have happened to the medals of the people who had died during
>the war ?
>

At the time of enlistment, soldiers were required to give the name and
address of their next-of-kin and the medals of soldiers who had died
were sent by post to the next-of-kin at the address given.

Some medals were returned by the Post Office as people do move away. The
same happened in the case of some soldiers who had survived. In these
cases, the medals were kept for a time pending a claim and then melted
down. After that, medals could still be claimed, either by the
recipient himself or by his next-of-kin, provided the records showed
that the medals originally issued had been returned. New medals were
made in these cases. There was a great increase in claims in the years
immediately before the second world war.

Best wishes -

Tom
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